I Will Bear Witness A Diary Of The Nazi Years
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The publication of Victor Klemperer's secret diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. "In its cool, lucid style and power of observation," said The New York Times, "it is the best written, most evocative, most observant record of daily life in the Third Reich." I Will Bear Witness is a work of literature as well as a revelation of the day-by-day horror of the Nazi years.
A Dresden Jew, a veteran of World War I, a man of letters and historian of great sophistication, Klemperer recognized the danger of Hitler as early as 1933. His diaries, written in secrecy, provide a vivid account of everyday life in Hitler's Germany.
A Dresden Jew, a veteran of World War I, a man of letters and historian of great sophistication, Klemperer recognized the danger of Hitler as early as 1933. His diaries, written in secrecy, provide a vivid account of everyday life in Hitler's Germany.
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Subject: Seminal Testimony of Life under Hitler
Subject: Seminal Testimony of Life under Hitler
The two part diary is around 1000 pages long, and is a reference for historians as to life of a non-Aryan WW1 German Army veteran and (converted to) Christian in Dresden from 1933-1945, split into 1933-1941, and 1942-1945. To the Nazi's, he was Jew, and his Aryan wife and WW! service gave him 'privileged' status, although limited, as to his place in line for the extermination agenda of the Nazis. It is astounding in detail of persons, decrees, diet, housing, war in armament factories, behaviors of persons and authorities, knowledge extant as to 'relocations' and camps, battle news and most important, the propaganda and language of fascism.
The diary was not published until 1995, many years after the death of the author, which was in 1960. He risked his life, and those of others, in even keeping it. That it survived is miraculous. He gained his freedom when Dresden was fire bombed, and he was able to remove his yellow star, and with his 'Aryan' wife he headed on foot to the west.
The diary was not published until 1995, many years after the death of the author, which was in 1960. He risked his life, and those of others, in even keeping it. That it survived is miraculous. He gained his freedom when Dresden was fire bombed, and he was able to remove his yellow star, and with his 'Aryan' wife he headed on foot to the west.
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